rich 1.0 (CHICAGO) — President Barack Obama says Senate Republicans are jeopardizing the "integrity of the judicial branch" by refusing to consider his nominee to the Supreme Court. Obama is telling law students that if Republicans hold their blockade, the judicial system will soon be viewed as merely an extension of sharp partisanship politics. He says, "Our democracy cannot afford that. TIME's Top Stories https://audioboom.com/channels/3380207-time-s-top-stories Audioboom https://audioboom.com 480 95 https://audioboom.com/i/20973101/600x600/c 600 600 <iframe width="100%" height="95" src="https://embeds.audioboom.com/posts/4403922/embed?v=202301" style="background-color: transparent; display: block; padding: 0; width: 100%" frameborder="0" allowtransparency="allowtransparency" scrolling="no" title="Audioboom player" allow="autoplay" sandbox="allow-downloads allow-forms allow-popups allow-same-origin allow-scripts allow-storage-access-by-user-activation allow-top-navigation-by-user-activation"></iframe>